Ferber says ESMA ‘too powerful’ in new EC consolidated tape plan
The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures designed to improve the ability of companies to raise capital across the European Union...
Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments
Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading.
Nord FK is a securities firm whose...
The $21.6 trillion question: How many regulators does it take to change a lightbulb?
The US$21.6 trillion US Treasury market is confounded by a lack of transparency and very short-term liquidity provision, according to a new joint staff...
Lack of detail sinks odd-lot bond case against major banks
The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, has dismissed a court case brought against Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit...
Credit Suisse and VTB fined millions by UK, US and Swiss authorities over Mozambican...
Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay nearly US$475 million to Swiss, UK and US authorities, including nearly $100 million to the US...
TMPG meets to discuss key challenges in the Treasury market structure
The Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), an industry roundtable coordinated by the US Federal Reserve (The Fed) met on Tuesday 19 October to discuss...
The Gensler Agenda
Will Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the US market regulators, have time to tackle issues in the...
US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth
Editorial by Dan Barnes.
Nobody wants responsibility for the US Treasuries market. We checked.
In 2014 The DESK approached every US financial regulator and authority to...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
Internal crossing for US bond trading needs ‘principles-based’ approach
Buy-side firms have roundly supported Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to allow internal crossing of fixed income trades in the US market, however...